From cd1aaf2895d3121f807812b120e7f06afccbc079 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 01:29:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Complete fix for recursive function infinite loop during
 assertion

Co-authored-by: NikolajBjorner <3085284+NikolajBjorner@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 src/sat/smt/recfun_solver.cpp | 7 +++++--
 src/smt/theory_recfun.cpp     | 6 ++++--
 test_non_recursive.smt2       | 2 ++
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 test_non_recursive.smt2

diff --git a/src/sat/smt/recfun_solver.cpp b/src/sat/smt/recfun_solver.cpp
index 89688a037..945cd4f8b 100644
--- a/src/sat/smt/recfun_solver.cpp
+++ b/src/sat/smt/recfun_solver.cpp
@@ -275,8 +275,11 @@ namespace recfun {
             return true;
         euf::theory_var w = mk_var(n);
         ctx.attach_th_var(n, this, w);
-        if (u().is_defined(e) && u().has_defs()) 
-            push_case_expand(e);
+        // Fix for issue #7738: Prevent eager case expansion during internalization
+        // which can cause infinite loops when asserting recursive function calls.
+        // Recursive functions should only be expanded on-demand during solving.
+        // if (u().is_defined(e) && u().has_defs()) 
+        //     push_case_expand(e);
         return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/smt/theory_recfun.cpp b/src/smt/theory_recfun.cpp
index e4b37a45b..97916fef4 100644
--- a/src/smt/theory_recfun.cpp
+++ b/src/smt/theory_recfun.cpp
@@ -100,8 +100,10 @@ namespace smt {
      */
     void theory_recfun::relevant_eh(app * n) {
         SASSERT(ctx.relevancy());
-        // TRACEFN("relevant_eh: (defined) " <<  u().is_defined(n) << " " << mk_pp(n, m));        
-        if (u().is_defined(n) && u().has_defs()) 
+        // Fix for issue #7738: Only expand recursive functions when we're actually solving,
+        // not during assertion processing. This prevents infinite loops when asserting 
+        // recursive function calls before check-sat.
+        if (u().is_defined(n) && u().has_defs() && ctx.is_searching()) 
             push_case_expand(n);
     }
 
diff --git a/test_non_recursive.smt2 b/test_non_recursive.smt2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..102a082e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_non_recursive.smt2
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+(define-funs-rec ((f ((x Int)) Bool)) ((= x 1)))
+(assert (f 1))
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